Category Archives: Poetry

Who do you consider a hero in your life? Why do you respect this person? Can you name a few heroes in U.S. history? How about a few heroes in Mexican or Latin American history? What are character traits heroes possess? Go to the comment area and write a few names of heroes (using the correct punctuation for proper nouns, of course!) 🙂

On Tuesday, we will read the poem “A Song of Greatness,” a Chippewa song translated by Mary Austin. After reading the poem (also found on pge 526 of your reading anthology), answer these questions:

What do you think the line “I too am one of those” means?

What would make you feel like a hero?

Why do you think firefighters were chosen to illustrate the Heroes theme?

On Friday, we will compose adapted poems to add to “Our Song of Greatness.”

Thank you, Miss Yee, for introducing us to PhotoBucket so we could effectively and efficiently display our poems in an album. Please contact Miss Yee, Ms. Rankin or a 4th-grade poet for the password to our Poetry Album.

Our 4th-grade class is honored to present our end-of-year online poetry exhibit and competition. On this post, we will each publish one selected poem from our Positively-Popular, Published Poetry Project. On Friday, May 18, Tuesday, May 22 Friday, June 1, we invite you to log on and vote for your favorite poem. Our online poll will remain open from May 18 through May 22 May 22 – May 28 June 1 – June 8.

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. W. H. Auden

This week we begin our poetry unit. We will explore and compose acrostic poems, alphabet alliteration poems, and cinquain poems. We thank Ms. Renz and her 4th-grade class for her positively popular poetry project! 🙂